Nice job. I'm sure most were none the wiser.
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Originally Posted by GailG
OMGsh -- that cake does look like fondant. I do cakes, also (I'm learning that many of us quilters also do cakes.) Where were the breaks? It's not obvious at all. Your decorating is beautiful. How did you get the buttercream so smooth? Also how did you support the three-tiered cake over the hexes?
Tell me more -- what kind of cake was it and what were the fillings? If you look at the bottom tier of the top three, you can see the front corner on the left appears to be more of a slight diagonal than a straight verticle line. That's the most obvious spot (at least to me). That tier also had issues, but not quite so bad as the larger one. As for any other problems, the beauty of the decorating style the Bride & Groom selected is that I could make the ganache branches as craggy and crooked as I wanted, which allowed me to cover a TON of cracked icing spots, areas where a thumb or finger may have dented the icing, or whatever imperfections I could find. The "swirling leaves" also helped here, too. Everything was supported with plenty of bamboo skewers cut to size. I use them because they are thin, very lightweight, but incredibly strong and I can generally cut them very straight with a pair of pruning shears I use only for that purpose. I also will use skewers without the points cut off to push through tiers to keep the entire thing from shifting if anyone should happen to bump the table. As for the flavors, are you ready? There was: Spice Carrot with Cream Cheese filling Fudge Chocolate Chunk with Chocolate Mousse filling Fudge Chocolate Chunk with Strawberry filling Fudge Chocolate Chunk with Raspberry filling White Chocolate Lemon with Raspberry filling While Almond Sour Cream with Blueberry filling I think they were very happy. And I am glad that so many people have made me feel better about my own personal disaster with this cake. Makes me realize that when I decided to do this as a sideline, it was the right way to go, for me anyway. |
OMGsh. I have had disasters, but none to compare. I would have been a basket case. While delivering one, we had to stop and put two of the tiers in my lap for more stability. It was a terrible road and the bump-bumping was causing the icing to crack. I was so afraid that the cake, too, would crack that I held it in my lap. Another accident I had was I dropped a sixteen inch round as I was preparing to tart it. It was the afternoon of the wedding. I had to do some quick baking, etc.
Your branches are wonderful. And the flavors sound delicious! |
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